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News-Journal editorial board It would be silly to pretend that the U.S. Constitution doesn’t matter in Flagler County. Of course it does. It matters in every corner of the county: In the workplaces, the schools, the libraries, on the streets. It matters in sprawling, suburban Palm Coast; in Bunnell’s county seat; in tiny communities like Korona that have identities but no legal form. It matters in the dozens of houses of worship across the county. It matters in Flagler County’s elections office, in its courtrooms and in its jail. It matters in the places where homeless people gather to ...

Pasco schools under investigation over data sharing with sheriff Jeffrey S. Solochek, Tampa Bay Times © Douglas R. Clifford/Times Caitlin Al-Mutawa, of Tampa, a speech-language pathologist with Veteran's Elementary School in Wesley Chapel, speaks out against student information and data sharing between the Pasco County Schools and the Pasco County Sheriff's Office during a Pasco School Board meeting on Tuesday, Dec. 15, 2020, in Land O' Lakes. A program in which the Pasco County school district shares some of its student information with law enforcement gained quick notorie...

Florida schools can’t warn of threats they don’t know about, judge says A roundup of Florida education news from around the state.     Students are brought out of Marjory Stoneman Douglas High after the 2018 shooting. A judge found the school district wasn't responsible for warning students and staff about the potential threat of the shooter. (Getty Images 2018) Published Feb. 9 School safety remains a priority for Floridians, still heightened since the 2018 shooting massacre at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High. Lawmakers have passed several laws aimed at increasing the protecti...

Updated Feb. 4 Another legislative session, another spate of hot-button education issues likely to generate animated debate with the likelihood of pushing lawmakers to the final days before a vote. Already on the front burner are vouchers, mandatory moments of silence and more. Read on for the latest on this and other Florida education news. Gov. Ron DeSantis proposed letting parents retain their children because of learning losses last spring. A Democratic senator is advancing the concept in legislation that won support in its first committee stop. The Florida Senate’s big voucher bill ...

Coronavirus takes its toll on Florida students’ grades A roundup of Florida education news from around the state.   Published Dec. 18, 2020 Grace before grades? Grades before grace? Maybe a little of each? Teachers in Florida, as around the nation, have a tough task when determining how to rate their students’ performance in a pandemic. The decisions take on a greater significance this winter, as the state has told schools to encourage “failing” students in remote learning to return to classrooms. But what does failing really mean? Read on for that story and other Flor...